relâcher
\ʁə.lɑ.ʃe\
The verdict
“relâcher” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,542
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire qu’une chose soit moins tendue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-relacher · relâcher · French
relâcher · rank #17,542 · 13 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,542
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH reliée
Nearest frequency peer: reliée (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « relâcher »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- recherchons
recherchons
82,462 corpus weight
- regarda
regarda
82,461 corpus weight
- reliée
reliée
82,460 corpus weight
- relâcher
relâcher
82,459 corpus weight
- relâché
relâché
82,458 corpus weight
- remarquez
remarquez
82,457 corpus weight
What this shows « relâcher » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | relâcher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.lɑ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « relâcher »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around relâcher (IPA \ʁə.lɑ.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,542 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for relâcher, with forms such as "erlâcher", "relacher", and "relcâher". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "relayer", "relaxer", "relater", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is relâcher, spelled R-E-L-Â-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire qu’une chose soit moins tendue.
- 2Purger légèrement.
- 3Laisser aller, en parlant d’un prisonnier, de quelqu’un qu’on retenait malgré lui et à qui on rend la liberté.
- 4Céder, abandonner quelque chose de ses droits, de ses prétentions, de ses intérêts.
- 5Diminuer, rabattre de sa première exactitude, de son zèle initial.
- 6S’arrêter, en quelque endroit.
- 7S’adoucir, en parlant du temps.
- 8Se détendre, se délasser, se reposer.
- 9Rabattre de sa première ardeur, de sa première exactitude.
- 10Se laisser aller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how relâcher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a encore un moyen de satisfaire à Dieu, qui consiste à gagner les indulgences. Les indulgences sont instituées pour relâcher la rigueur des peines temporelles dues au péché.
Le temps humide relâche le papier des châssis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erlâcher
- relacher
- relcâher
- rellâcher
- relâccher
- relâcehr
- relâcherr
- relâchher
- relâchre
- relâhcer
- reâlcher
- rleâcher
- rrelâcher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relâcher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).